Copyright 2013 The Legal Project Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:39 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Legal Project :: Writings http://www.legal-project.org huff@meforum.org (The Legal Project) webmaster@meforum.org en-us http://www.legal-project.org/4087/german-government-ramps-up-monitoring Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:36 EST The recent controversial decision by the Bavarian Office of Constitutional Protection (Verfassungsschutz) to monitor the popular conservative German website Politically Incorrect (PI) has only subsequently become more questionable. Contrary comments by http://www.legal-project.org/4086/catholic-cardinal-calls-for-end-to-blasphemy-laws Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:18 EST Speaking at a conference in Milan, Italy, on May 8, 2013, that city's archbishop, Cardinal Angelo Scola, called for the abolition of blasphemy laws worldwide. Such a step would significantly help protect globally the freedom of speech and religion http://www.legal-project.org/4080/un-pressures-germany-to-bow-to-hate-speech Thu, 16 May 2013 09:57:03 EST A recent decision by the United Nation's (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) foreshadows an ominous future for free societies should Muslim entities like theOrganization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) achieve their goal of http://www.legal-project.org/4070/the-media-muhammad-blackout-defers-again-to-islam Fri, 10 May 2013 11:36:46 EST Yet again depictions of Islam's prophet Muhammad are causing controversy. The French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo has published a special edition released in January 2013 entitled La Vie de Mahomet, 1ère partie: Les débuts d'un prophète ("The Life of http://www.legal-project.org/4051/the-innocent-prophet-narrator-and-christian Mon, 6 May 2013 10:47:24 EST On April 29, 2013, a Spanish court dismissed a hate speech charge filed against Imran Firasat. While this is an important victory for Freedom of Expression, Imran's case is far from over. He is still under the threat of having his refugee status revoked http://www.legal-project.org/4049/silencing-speech-on-islam Sun, 5 May 2013 09:40:15 EST Bavaria's Interior Ministry announced April 12, 2013, that the provincial Office of Constitutional Protection (Verfassungsschutz) will monitor local chapters of the website Politically Incorrect (PI) and the small conservative Freedom Party (Die http://www.legal-project.org/4045/thrown-in-prison-for-shredding-the-koran Thu, 2 May 2013 19:10:10 EST A Bruges, Belgium criminal court convicted a man for shredding a Koran on March 6, 2013. The court imposed a four-month prison sentence and a 600 euro fine upon him. He now additionally faces a revocation of a previous suspension of an 18-month prison http://www.legal-project.org/4035/turkey-convicts-world-renowned-pianist-for Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:24:49 EST A Turkish court on April 15, 2013, convicted world-renowned pianist Fazil Say under Article 216(3) of the Turkish Penal Code. This article punishes "[a]nyone who openly denigrates the religious values of a part of the population" with imprisonment of six http://www.legal-project.org/4031/iranian-regime-front-group-suffers-significant Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:50:43 EST The people of Iran know Trita Parsi. It is no secret that he is thought to be a lackey for the regime.This cartoon is from Iran Press News back in 2008. In the cartoon Ayatollah Khamenei says to Trita Parsi: "Go tell them that human rights the islamic http://www.legal-project.org/4030/sanctioning-iran-american-allies Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:36:21 EST An Iranian-American group suspected of acting as Tehran's lobbying shop in Washington, D.C., was ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in "sanctions" April 9 after launching a failed defamation lawsuitagainst one of its chief critics. The left-leaning National http://www.legal-project.org/4028/germany-feelings-hurt-europe-trembles Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:58:59 EST A Youtube video produced by the European Union's (EU) parliament has created controversy in more ways than one. While offending German national sensibilities, the video also called into question the commitment of the European Parliament (EP) and other http://www.legal-project.org/4027/shadowing-europe-with-the-islamophobia-canard Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:45:26 EST On March 21, 2013, the United Nation's observed its annual International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, commemorating the anniversary of the 1960 apartheid massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa.  Attempting to draw a parallel with the http://www.legal-project.org/4026/the-muslims-with-no-name-islamists-cover-up-their Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:39:51 EST As reported by U.S. News & World Report on April 4, 2013, the Associated Press (AP) has revised its definition of "Islamist" in the latest edition of the AP stylebook after the AP announced that it would likewise no longer approve of "illegal immigrant." http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2013/04/predatory-lawsuit-rebounds-back-on-iranian-front Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:29:49 EST Seeking to "hit him hard," the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and acting president Trita Parsi brought a frivolous defamation lawsuit against a critic.  Now they face a $183,480.09 fine to his legal defense.On April 8th D.C. District Court http://www.legal-project.org/4024/predatory-lawsuit-rebounds-back-on-iranian-front Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:26:02 EST Seeking to "hit him hard," the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and acting president Trita Parsi brought a frivolous defamation lawsuit against a critic.  Now they face a $183,480.09 fine to his legal defense. On April 8th D.C. District http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2013/01/ex-muslim-imran-firasat-says-those-who-refuse-to Sat, 6 Apr 2013 14:47:05 EST Excellent interview with Imran Firasat, the Pakistani convert to Christianity given asylum in Spain, who dared to make a film about the paedophile Prophet Muhammad, which has resulted in the Spainish government threatening to deport him back to Pakistan, http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2013/04/europe-the-submission-that-dare-not-speak-its-name Sat, 6 Apr 2013 14:21:14 EST Exactly one year ago, a killer entered the courtyard of a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, and shot in cold blood a rabbi and three children. He said he had wanted to kill more, and to perpetrate a massacre, but that his gun jammed. During the previous http://www.legal-project.org/4017/http-frontpagemagcom-2013-andrew-harrod-a-muslim-reformers-idea-of-free-speech Sat, 6 Apr 2013 13:49:47 EST KARAMAH is a self-proclaimed group of "Muslim women lawyers for human rights" that "contributes to the understanding and promotion of human rights worldwide, particularly the rights of Muslim women under Islamic and civil law."  On March 19, 2013, http://www.legal-project.org/4015/blurred-image-how-even-free-speech-defenders-must Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:32:41 EST Silent Conquest documents multiple examples of militant Muslims using various legal means both domestically and internationally to suppress criticism and condemnation of Islam. Appearing along with four panelists in the film are a veritable who's-who of http://www.legal-project.org/blog/2013/02/how-sickening-will-sweden-get Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:41:25 EST Their gamble is that if we give the Organization of Islamic Cooperation just a little something -- just a "harmless" little law -- then we might all just be able to get along. But for every inch of encouragement the free nations of the world give the